Sharon Smith (writer): Quotes about women

Sharon Smith (writer) is American historian. Explore interesting quotes on women.
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“I believe it is a mistake for Marxists to lose sight of the value of the Black feminist tradition--including the concept of intersectionality, both in its contribution to combatting the oppression of women of color, working-class women and the ways in which it can help to advance Marxist theory and practice.”

Sharon Smith (writer)

A Marxist Case For Intersectionality (2017)

Women , Color , Way , Help

“The concept of intersectionality was first developed by Black feminists, not postmodernists. Black feminism has a long and complex history, based on the recognition that the system of chattel slavery and, since then, modern racism and racial segregation have caused Black women to suffer in ways that are never experienced by white women.”

Sharon Smith (writer)

A Marxist Case For Intersectionality (2017)

Women , Way , History , Suffering

“Sexual assault is not simply a women's issue, but also a racial issue in U. S. society.”

Sharon Smith (writer)

A Marxist Case For Intersectionality (2017)

Women

“There can be no such thing as a simple "women's issue" in a capitalist system founded on the enslavement of Africans, in which racism remains embedded in its foundation and all its institutions. Nearly every so-called "women's" issue has a racial component.”

Sharon Smith (writer)

A Marxist Case For Intersectionality (2017)

Women

“No movement can claim to speak for all women unless it speaks for women who also face the consequences of racism, which places women of color overwhelmingly in the ranks of the working class and the poor. Race and class must be central to the project of women's liberation--not only in theory, but in practice--if it is to be meaningful to those women who are the most oppressed by the system.”

Sharon Smith (writer)

A Marxist Case For Intersectionality (2017)

Women , Color

“Black feminism also contains a strong emphasis on the class differences that exist between women, because the vast majority of the Black population in the U. S. has always been a part of the working class, and disproportionately living in poverty, due to the economic consequences of racism.”

Sharon Smith (writer)

A Marxist Case For Intersectionality (2017)

Women , Strong , Parting

“The mainstream feminist movement of the 1960s and 1970s demanded abortion on the basis of made the issue far more complicated for Black women and other women of color--who have been the historic targets of racist sterilization abuse.”

Sharon Smith (writer)

A Marxist Case For Intersectionality (2017)

Women , Color

“It is important to challenge the idea held by many critics--some Marxists among them--that the Black feminist concept of intersectionality is just about the experience of racism, sexism and other forms of oppression on an individual level. The Black feminist tradition has always been tied to collective struggle against oppression--against slavery, segregation, racism, police brutality, poverty, sterilization abuse, the systematic rape of Black women and the systematic lynching of Black men.”

Sharon Smith (writer)

A Marxist Case For Intersectionality (2017)

Women , Men , Idea